Poland will enjoy economic growth well in excess of 3.6% this year, possibly even 4%, deputy Development Minister Jerzy Kwiecinski told PAP, calling a fresh set of forecasts by the European Commission "conservative."

The Polish government will likely apply at least the same indexation of pensions and benefits this year as last year, social insurance board ZUS president Gertruda Uscinska told the daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Poland is still deciding what part of pension savings collected at pension funds OFE to transfer to the Demographic Reserve Fund, with the Labor Ministry calling for a bigger share than the 25% proposed by the Development Ministry.